Soon-to-be an AWESOME Big Sister Week (aka Baby Week for Tots)

One of the littles we have been watching this year

is getting ready to become

a big sister.

This past week was Little Miss Sunshine's last week

before her baby sister arrives.

So we celebrated this milestone with...

..."Soon-to-be an AWESOME Big Sister" Week!

Here are the activities we did to give

Little Miss Sunshine

a proper big sister send off...

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Tot Boxes

Rattles and Bottles

I got all these little rattles and bottles
at The Dollar Tree.

(Mad Max wasn't yelling or upset in this pic-
he was shaking one of the rattles with great gusto!)

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Babies and Buggies

I already had the babies
(and I do not remember from where)
and the buggies was from
The Dollar Tree.

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Beads, Buggies, and Bop Bops (aka Pacifiers)

I already had the strings and wooden beads,
and the plastic pacifiers and buggies
were from The Dollar Tree.

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Diaper Toss

The boys especially liked this activity-

I think they spent a good 30 minutes tossing the diapers

into the box!

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Diaper Snow

***Caution***

This activity is MESSY!  :0)

Before playing with the "snow,"

I talked with the little about what was inside of diapers.

I cut one open...

...and showed them how these little granules of powder

(and the cotton lining)

absorb liquid.

I had previously cut open almost and entire package of diapers,

putting the granules and cotton

in a big bin.

I then added water to the mix,

and let the kiddos explore!

(Diaper Snowball!)

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Books We Read During the Week

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Fun Food

For snack time one day,

the kiddos made

"Fruit Loop Teething Necklaces."

All that was needed was yarn and Fruit Loops...

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Baby Hot Dogs

were on the menu for lunch one afternoon.


To make them,
I cut regular sized hot dogs in half
and wrapped them up
in croissant rolls.

I gave them eyes using toothpicks and blue food coloring,
and then baked them a little longer than the
package directions gave for the croissant rolls.

The entire meal consisted of the following:

Baby Hot Dogs and ketchup

Building Blocks Crackers

(aka Cheez-Its)

Baby Carrots and Building Blocks Cheese Cubes

Baby Bottle Pops for dessert

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The final activity

the kiddos worked on was

a special gift for

Little Miss Sunshine's future sister.

They all got diapers

and decorated them with Sharpies.

Please note I took the little shirts OFF

before I let them draw...

Yes-

ALL the kiddos,

ages 1 to 11

created decorative diapers

for the new baby.

REMEMBER how I noted earlier

that I took the shirts OFF of the littles

before they began drawing?

Boy-

I am glad I did...

I had given Pretty Princess Pants a washable marker
when she was finished with her diapers
to draw on some paper.

She decided to decorate HERSELF instead!

She looks adorable in green,

don't ya think?

Thankfully,

a quick bath in the sink took care

of most of her tattoos!

:0)

Here are the final gifts for the new baby:

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I just KNOW that Little Miss Sunshine

WILL be an AWESOME Big Sister!

We can't wait to see you in action with

the baby soon!

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Some of the ideas from this post

were inspired by the following:

Homegrown Catholics

Teach Preschool

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Linking up with

Preschool and Kindergarten Corner